Hives Cause Big Buzz at CBC
Recently CBC was abuzz with activity, and not because of a breaking news story or peacocks at the station. A swarm of bees from the Hive 5 hives decided to spread out and create their own new home on the side of the building. We checked in with our resident bee expert, Bee Downtown Founder […]
Spring Cleaning at Microspace, Tower Maintenance Complete
300 feet above Microspace’s Highwoods Blvd location, a tower holds multiple microwave antennas used for signal transmissions across the Triangle. One of these antenna provides the microwave link to/from Microspace Highwoods to Microspace Auburn facilities. The 10-foot cover over this antenna was disintegrated, by the storm system which spawned tornadoes in the area on February […]
Bull Durham Beer Featured in “Our State”
In its second year the Bull Durham Beer Company has doubled its offerings at Durham Bulls games and continues attracting the baseball crowd and beyond. On April 15, 2016, “Our State” magazine published a piece about the one-of-a-kind baseball brewery. “The easy-drinking brews that Bull Durham creates have the power to make fans out of […]
MIX Responds to the Loss of a Music Legend
“The beauty of local radio is that we can respond. It’s one of our greatest strengths. We’re in the community and can be with our listeners as things happen. We can commiserate with the listener as things happen.” — WRAL-FM Program Director Michele Williams Social media exploded when the world heard the news that music […]
New WRAL Documentary and WRAL.com In-Depth Analysis: Grading Teacher Pay
Airs Tuesday, April 26 at 7 p.m. Teacher salaries have plummeted to 42nd in the nation, contributing to teacher turnover, shortages and low morale, all of which hurts our schools, our students and our state. The new WRAL Documentary “Grading Teacher Pay” examines this important social and economic issue from all sides. The documentary, hosted […]
The Lucky Penny
When someone is in need of a bit of luck, the path to good fortune is thought to be found in a rabbit’s foot, or a four leaf clover, or rubbing the head of a person with red hair, or fill in the blank with your favorite charm. Ask a television engineer or executive what […]
Tales of the Turf
The latest from “Note to Self,” the blog of Capitol Sports Vice President George Habel We are only seven homes games into the 2016 season, but Goodmon Field is in for industrial strength lawn care this week. Now that Duke calls the DBAP its home field, there have already been 40 “turf events” here dating […]
Duke, Capitol Broadcasting and IMG Continue Partnership
Buzz Sports Radio (WDNC), heard in Raleigh on 99.3FM/620AM and in Durham on 96.5FM/620AM and 99.9HD2, will continue its decades-long relationship as the flagship radio home and play-by-play rights holder for Duke University football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball, after signing a multi-year agreement with Blue Devil Sports IMG Network. Along with football, men’s and […]
NABJ Honors WRAL-TV Retiree Clarence Williams with Achievers Award
WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Ken Smith recently had the honor of presenting a prestigious award to a CBC legend. Retired WRAL-TV Director/Producer Clarence Williams received National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Region III Achievers Award in a special ceremony in Memphis, TN, on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The NABJ Region III Achievers Award is the equivalent of […]
Man on the Moon
In 1963, WRAL News director and anchor Bill Armstrong landed an interview with NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong, no relation, at the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill. Neil Armstrong and other astronauts were there January 28-30, 1963 learning about celestial navigation. He would return to the planetarium 10 more time before the end of the decade […]